title: Mediastinal myelolipoma with leukocytosis.
abstract: Myelolipoma is a benign tumour consisting of mature fat with scattered foci of haematopoietic elements resembling bone marrow. Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are an infrequent pattern of presentation. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented a heterogeneous 1.4×2.5×3 cm paravertebral thoracic mass detected by chest tomography during the study of a leukocytosis of unknown aetiology. The CT findings and pathology revealed the diagnosis of myelolipoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, UAM, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fonda
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Santiago
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guijarro
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamallo
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed